Ryann Riggs
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“I want the following word: splendor, splendor is fruit in all its succulence, fruit without sadness. I want vast distances. My savage intuition of myself.”
― The Stream of Life
― The Stream of Life
“I only achieve simplicity with enormous effort”
― A Hora da Estrela
― A Hora da Estrela
“I was pretending that I did not speak their language; on the moon we spoke a soft, liquid tongue, and sang in the starlight, looking down on the dead dried world.”
― We Have Always Lived in the Castle
― We Have Always Lived in the Castle
“The world you live in is much bigger than that. If the place in which you find yourself is too painful, I say you should be free to seek another, less painful place of refuge. There is no shame in seeking a safe place. I want you to believe that somewhere in this wide world there is a place for you, a safe haven.”
― Confessions
― Confessions
“Do you ever suddenly find it strange to be yourself?”
― A Breath of Life
― A Breath of Life
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